MALANG, Indonesia - Indonesia will set up an independent fact-finding team to investigate the deadly soccer stampede that killed at...
The independent investigation team would find the perpetrators behind the disaster, Chief security minister Mahfud MD told a news conference.Violence and hooliganism, especially in places such as Jakarta, the capital, but Saturday's disaster in a small town in Java has thrown a spotlight on the problem.
"They loved soccer, but never watched Arema live at Kanjuruhan stadium, this was their first time," she told Reuters at her brothers' funeral on Sunday, referring to the home side they backed. "Seventeen children died and seven were treated, but there is a possibility that could increase," said Nahar, a ministry official.
Saturday's deadly crush came as panicking spectators tried to escape the overpacked stadium after police fired tear gas to disperse fans from the losing home side who ran onto the pitch at the end of the match.
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